GLAUCOMA

A condition where the eye’s optic nerve, which provides information to the brain, is damaged with or without raised intraocular pressure. If untreated, this will cause gradual vision loss.

Eph_1:18  The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH HAVING NARROW ANGLE GLAUCOMA. i've  HAD TO HAVE THE EMERGENCY SURGERY TO PUT HOLES IN MY EYES TWICE IN THE RIGHT EYE.  TRABECULECTOMY WHERE THEY PUNCTURE HOLES IN MY EYE TO LOWER THE EYE PRESSURE.  SINCE THEN I'VE STARTED TO TAKE VITAMINS FOR HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

GLAUCOMA IS GENERALLY HEREDITERY BUT I'M NOT SURE WHO MIGHT HAVE HAD IT IN MY FAMILY. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN ON MY MOTHERS SIDE AS THERE WAS ALSO ISSUES WITH WEIGHT WITH SOME RELATIVES AS I HAVE HAD ISSUES WITH MY WEIGHT IN THE PAST.   BUT WITH BEING OVERWEIGHT ALSO ATTRIBUTES TO DIABETES.  MY FATHER IS ON THE EDGE OF HAVING DIABETES. BUT KEEPS HIS WEIGHT DOWN.  

MY BALANCE ISN'T THAT GOOD ON MY FEET AND I CAN EASILY TRIP AND FALL IF THE GROUND IS UNEVEN OR I DON'T WALK WITH LIFTING MY FEET PROPERLY. I'VE FALLEN SEVERAL TIMES IN YEARS PAST, SOME DUE TO OUR GERMAN SHEPARD PULLING ME DOWN, TRYING TO CHASE A CAT, OR FROM ME BEING UNBALANCED AND TRYING TO MANUEVER TO A CERTAIN POSITION.

WITH HAVING GLAUCOMA, I HAVE TO WATCH MY SALT INTAKE, MY INTAKE OF CERTAIN MEDICATIONS AND SUCH.  I CAN'T TAKE ANYTHING WITH STEROIDS IN THEM AS THAT WILL RAISE MY BLOOD PRESSURE AND CAUSE ME TO HAVE AN ATTACK. IT'S MADE ME REALIZE WITH THIS DIAGNOSIS, THAT I HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF MY BODY BETTER AND BE MORE AWARE OF WHAT I'M INGESTING INTO MY BODY.  MY HUSBAND IS ALWAYS ON ME ABOUT TAKING BETTER CARE OF MY BODY AND WHAT I EAT.  I'VE GOTTEN BETTER AT THIS IN RECENT YEARS, WISH I HAD DONE THIS IN MY 3O'S THOUGH.  

ALSO ZOEY HAS GONE BLIND AS MOST PUGS DO BECAUSE OF THEIR PROTRUDING EYES.  SO IT MAKES ME EASIER TO UNDERSTAND WHAT SHE'S GOING THROUGH AND SEEING HER BE ABLE TO NAVIGATE AROUND THE HOUSE WITH HER BLINDNESS USING HER OTHER SENSES LIKE HER NOSE TO LOCATE HER FOOD BOWL AND WATER, MAKES ME REALIZE THAT MY OTHER SENSES HAVE AND WILL EMERGE AS MY GLAUCOMA PROGRESSES. 

Narrow-angle glaucoma occurs when the iris, the colored part of the eye that surrounds the pupil, bows forward, narrowing the gap between the cornea and the iris, where the eye’s drainage angle is located. Narrow-angle glaucoma is linked to the following: Iris plateau

IT HAS HELPED ME TO BE GREATFUL FOR THE BEAUTY IN THE WORLD AND FOR THE FACT THAT I CAN STILL SEE.  I'VE NOTICED THOUGH THAT I'M SLOWLY LOSING MY SIGHT , AS I AM NOT ABLE TO SEE AS WELL IN THE DARK , THINGS THAT I USED TO BE ABLE TO SEE, IT'S MORE DIFFICULT, AND I'VE NOTICED THAT I SEE THINGS THAT AREN'T WHAT THEY SEEM IN THE DARK, LIKE A BUSH THAT I THOUGHT MIGHT BE A CAT OR AN ANIMAL.  MY PERPHERIAL VISION IS DIMINSHING AND I'M ALWAYS BUMPING INTO THE EDGE OF WALLS AND OBJECTS.  

MAYBE THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME TO MAKE ME MORE AWARE OF GOD AND WHAT HE'S DONE FOR ME, A WAKE UP CALL FOR ME, FOR PAST TIMES THAT I DIDN'T HEAR HIM AND NOW I DO.. 

Psa_77:4  Thou holdest mine eyes waking: I am so troubled that I cannot speak.